IT BEGINS - Musk Reveals His City on the Moon Is Happening!

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Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX is shifting its focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon. He says it could happen in less than 10 years, while Mars would take 20 or more. The plan is called Moonbase Alpha. It includes factories, solar power, landing pads, oxygen production, homes for people who live there full-time, and a mass driver that fires AI satellites straight into deep space. In January 2025, Musk called the Moon a distraction. By February 2026, SpaceX had merged with xAI, told investors it would put the Moon first, and Musk made it official in a post on X. In this video, we look at why he changed his mind. Earth and Mars only line up for a trip about once every 26 months, and his AI plans are running out of power on Earth. We also cover what has to happen before anyone lives on the Moon. That means Starship's first trip to orbit, refuelling one Starship from another in orbit (which has never been done at this scale), NASA's Artemis 2 flight around the Moon, and

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